It’s not like we ever really need an excuse to travel, but timing your holiday to coincide with cherry blossom season is something plenty of people have on their to-do list.
While the iconic pink blossoms tend to only bloom for a short window in late spring, they have become a big drawcard.
Sadly, so much so, that one particularly popular cherry blossom festival in Japan has been cancelled for the first time in 10 years.
Officials in the city of Fujiyoshida, near Mount Fuji, announced they won’t be hosting the Arakurayama Sengen Park cherry blossom festival this year, citing a rise in disruptive behaviour from tourists.
The weeks-long event has been held in the city for the past decade, seeing 10,000 visitors daily and drawing in 200,000 tourists annually.